Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971 and from October 1974 to August 1995. He and fellow Dead drumm...
Musician, Drummer, Percussionist, Composer, Film Score Composer, Musicologist, Author
Education
Ali Akbar College of Music, Lawrence High School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Caryl Hart (m. 1990)
Children
Taro Hart, Reya Hart
Parents
Lenny Hart
Siblings
Jerry Hart
Nicknames
Hart, Mickey , Michael Steven Hartman , Grateful Dead , Spock , The Grateful Dead , Michael Hart , B. D. Shot , the rhythm devils
Awards
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album, Althea, Fire on the Mountain, Ripple
Music Groups
Grateful Dead, The Dead (2003 – 2009)
Movies
The Grateful Dead Movie, Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead, Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here, Ticket to New Year's, The Rhythm Devils Concert Experience, Grateful Dead: View from the Vault, Grateful Dead: View from the Vault 3, The Best of the Jammys: Vol. 2, Babatunde Olatunji: Drums of Passion: Live '85,...
Star Sign
Virgo
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Quote
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In the beginning their was noise. Noise begat rhythym, and rhythym begat everything else.
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Fact
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Founder of world beat band "Mickey Hart's Mystery Box"
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Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Grateful Dead)in 1994.
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Winner of 1991 Grammy Award for Best World Beat Recording
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Experience
1997-2005
TV Series documentary 5 episodes
Forest Family Forever!
2001
Video documentary short
Gang Related
1997
Rabbit Ears: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
1994
Video
Grateful Dead: Backstage Pass
1992
Video short
Greed and Wildlife: Poaching in America
1989
Video documentary
The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell
1987
Documentary
The Twilight Zone
1985-1986
TV Series 2 episodes
Vietnam: A Television History
1983
TV Series documentary 11 episodes
Rhythms of the Universe
2013
Short
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Marty Stuart Show
2008-2011
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
2011
Documentary writer: "Caution Do Not Stop On The Tracks" - as Michael Hart